Gopalkrishna Gandhi - Poke Me: The sham and dangerous ‘secular debate’

By Gopalkrishna Gandhi

Indira Gandhi, at the height of the Emergency, introduced the 42nd Constitution Amendment Bill. It was intended, basically, to effect changes in the Constitution that would give the prime minister primacy in the political life of the country. The placing of 'socialist' and 'secular' in the Preamble to the Constitution, to join 'democratic' and 'sovereign", was part of the 42nd Amendment's exercise. Nearl ..

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